This module discussed how to determine your login shell, run a new shell interactively from the command line, and run a shell script using three different techniques. You also learned what a process is, the relationship between parent and child processes, and that parent processes pass their exported variables down to their children. Finally, you learned how the PATH variable affects your scripts and how to redefine the PATH in a shell script.

This module introduced the following terms:

1. process
2. shell prompt
3. interactive shell
4. command line
5. command line interface
6. foreground process
7. background process
8. child process
9. parent process
10. startup file

Click the link below to test your knowledge of processes and shells.
Shells Processes - Quiz